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The Kentish Royal Legend
With the death of Eadbald, we find ourselves square in the middle of a complicate textual history regarding the foundation legend of the monastery of…
3 years, 2 months ago
Reaction and Retrenchment
Despite Æthelberht’s official adoption of the new Christian creed, he seems to have been largely unsuccessful in promoting it among his courtiers. Hi…
3 years, 2 months ago
King Æthelberht of Kent
Any list of the most consequential Anglo-Saxons would need to include King Æthelberht of Kent. As the king who welcomed the Augustinian Mission in 59…
3 years, 2 months ago
Jutes and Franks: The Beginnings of Kent
Kent consists of a small spur sticking out of the south-eastern tip of England. To its north lies the mouth of the River Thames and to its south it t…
3 years, 3 months ago
Trade and Towns in Anglo-Saxon England
As historians we thrive on the material culture of the past. You don’t need to be an historical materialist to recognize that without material cultur…
3 years, 3 months ago
Boniface and the English Missions
The period of West Saxon consolidation under Ine had major implications not just for Wessex but for peoples elsewhere in Britain and even on the Cont…
3 years, 4 months ago
Aldhelm
Michael Lapidge called Aldhelm the first English ‘man of letters’ on account of his vast learning. Bede said of him that he was ‘most learned in ever…
3 years, 4 months ago
King Alfred, before He was Great
It’s probably no exaggeration to say the Alfred the Great is one of the most, if not the most, famous Anglo-Saxon of them all. The only British monar…
3 years, 5 months ago
Bonus Sample: The Ascension (Christ II)
Much like the Advent Lyrics, the second Christ poem, which I will refer to as ‘The Ascension’ is focused on another key moment from the Christian sto…
3 years, 5 months ago
Three Royal Brothers
Æthelwulf’s will attests to his desire that upon his death Wessex would pass into the hands of his sons. This desire was fulfilled when his eldest su…
3 years, 5 months ago